The World through the TV Screen. Everyday Life under Communism on the Western Romanian Border

Journal Title: Martor. The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Anthropology Review - Year 2012, Vol 17, Issue 17

Abstract

This paper focuses on the narratives of various people from Timișoara (a city in the Banat region of Romania) who were regular and heavy watchers of Yugoslav TV during the 1980s. These narratives represent fragments of oral history that picturesquely illustrate everyday life in the western border region of communist Romania, a region strongly influenced by the proximity of Yugoslavia. Together with a strong critical attitude towards the Romanian communist regime, all the respondents share a positive view of communist Yugoslavia and its system of values; in other words, they are Yugonostalgic.

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Annemarie Sorescu-Marinkovic

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Annemarie Sorescu-Marinkovic (2012). The World through the TV Screen. Everyday Life under Communism on the Western Romanian Border. Martor. The Museum of the Romanian Peasant Anthropology Review, 17(17), 173-188. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-256885